00:00Party Rakyat Malaysia is sitting out the Sungai Bakar by-election
00:05after a screening process discovered that the party's best candidate was a bankrupt.
00:11PRM President Ahmad Juflis Faiza told FMT that the party was
00:16very surprised and saddened by the news about the candidate's bankrupt status.
00:22He said the party has decided not to find a replacement given that the nomination day is
00:27tomorrow. Juflis also said the party faced pressure from a political coalition
00:32to skip the by-election in Penang next month to avoid splitting the votes.
00:38Yesterday, Juflis confirmed that PRM would be throwing its hat into the ring for the by-election
00:44despite its severe loss last month in the Kuala Kubu Baharu parliamentary by-election.
00:50Pakatan Harapan's Pang Sok Thao won the Kuala Kubu Baharu seat,
00:54defeating Perikatan Nasional's Khairul Azhari Saud with a 3,869-vote majority.
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